College students read movie-ing literature

April 2, 2002

College isn't usually a popular time for pleasure reading - students' rooms are already piled with heavy tomes on subjects like tax law or microbiology. But when the hankering for unassigned reading does come, it's most likely satisfied by a plot that's also playing out on the big screen. Here's a list of the Top 10, according to February book sales at about 50 US campuses: